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Sara V. Tuckerman
Sara V. Tuckerman

New York Times, Saturday, February 2, 1974

50-Across : Like some gemstones

Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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M
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A
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J
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P
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K
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,939
Across
1
Qualifying words : BUTS
5
Storied deer : BAMBI
10
Victuals : GRUB
14
With: Fr. : AVEC
15
Remove, in law: Var. : ELOIN
16
Italian painter : RENI
17
Rise high : REAR
18
Poisonous snake : FERDELANCE
20
Kind of lie : BAREFACED
22
Witch locality : ENDOR
23
Crystallize : JELL
24
Council : SYNOD
26
Disinfectants : PHENOLS
29
Have ___ many (overdo) : ONETOO
33
Gibbons : LARS
34
African animal : OKAPI
37
High, in music : ALT
38
Flatboat : ARK
39
Revolved : GYRATED
41
Lillie : BEA
42
Wrath : IRE
43
Cease! : AVAST
44
"Just as the twig is ___ ... " : BENT
45
Mr. Power : TYRONE
47
Phoenician goddess : ASTARTE
50
Like some gemstones : UNSET
53
Algerian port : ORAN
54
Humble : ABASE
57
Educational film, for one : VISUALAID
61
Vehicle for short trips : SHUTTLEBUS
63
Not hep : ICKY
64
Untainted : PURE
65
"Goodnight, ___" : IRENE
66
Blackthorn : SLOE
67
Alioth, for one : STAR
68
Sea birds : TERNS
69
___ one's ways : MEND
Down
1
Carping remark : BARB
2
Eye part : UVEA
3
Soap opera, often : TEARJERKER
4
Sifts : SCREENS
5
Happen to : BEFALL
6
Waugh : ALEC
7
Folkways : MORES
8
Chicken : BIDDY
9
Chemical suffix : INE
10
___ dame : GRANDE
11
Split : REND
12
Strange, in Scotland : UNCO
13
German drink : BIER
19
Brezhnev : LEONID
21
Ziegfeld : FLO
25
Slangy negative : NOPE
26
Interweave : PLAIT
27
Hairbreadth ___ : HARRY
28
Shore bird : SORA
30
Salt Lake City sight : TABERNACLE
31
Fragrant : OLENT
32
Mexican basket grass : OTATE
35
Dutch cupboard : KAS
36
Leaf-cutting ant : ATTA
39
Large sea bird : GANNET
40
Designer Saint Laurent : YVES
44
Idolatry : BAALISM
46
Expulsion : OUSTER
48
Drunks : SOUSES
49
Song syllable : TRA
51
Brussels suburb : EVERE
52
River in Italy : TIBER
54
Vipers : ASPS
55
Hindu demon : BHUT
56
Nimbus : AURA
58
Eastern fiber plant : SUNN
59
Image : IKON
60
Colored : DYED
62
School course, for short : LIT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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